Merriam, KS, is a city located in the northeastern part of Kansas. Cities Neighboring Merriam, KS. The following Cities are next to Merriam, KS: Overland Park is 9.1 miles south of Merriam, KS. Kansas City is 7.7 miles north of Merriam, KS. Shawnee is 6.1 miles west of Merriam, KS.
The Eads Bridge is a combined road and railway bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, connecting St. Louis and East St. Louis, Illinois. As of April 2014, it carries about 8,100 vehicles daily, down 3,000 since the new Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge opened in February 2014.
I located some info on World Connect that gives the names of James B. Eads wife and children. The info (which I have not verified all of yet), is. James B. Eads 1820 (IN)- 1887. married Lavina Courter-b. abt 1813 in Indiana. They were married Sept. 26, 1939 in Shelby, Indiana (marriage records probably listed in Indiana-I will look them up.).